Counterexamples to pole placement by static output feedback (Q1611903)

The authors consider the pole assignment problem for linear control systems of order \(n\) with \(m\) inputs and \(p\) outputs, such that \(n=mp\), \(\min\{m,p\}=2\) and \(\max\{m,p\}\) is even. It is shown that for each \((m,n,p)\) satisfying these conditions there is a non-empty open subset \(U\) of such systems where the real pole placement map is not surjective. It follows that for systems in \(U\) there exist open sets of pole configurations which cannot be assigned by any real output feedback.